diff --git a/.changelog/19721.txt b/.changelog/19721.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a6b4bbd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/19721.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+metrics: modify consul.client.rpc metric to exclude internal retries for consistency with consul.client.rpc.exceeded and consul.client.rpc.failed
+```
+```release-note:improvement
+metrics: increment consul.client.rpc.failed if RPC fails because no servers are accessible
+```
diff --git a/agent/consul/client.go b/agent/consul/client.go
index fa5f1239e1..5216ffe2d5 100644
--- a/agent/consul/client.go
+++ b/agent/consul/client.go
@@ -288,15 +288,17 @@ func (c *Client) RPC(ctx context.Context, method string, args interface{}, reply
 	firstCheck := time.Now()
 	retryCount := 0
 	previousJitter := time.Duration(0)
+
+	metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"client", "rpc"}, 1)
 TRY:
 	retryCount++
 	manager, server := c.router.FindLANRoute()
 	if server == nil {
+		metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"client", "rpc", "failed"}, 1)
 		return structs.ErrNoServers
 	}
 
 	// Enforce the RPC limit.
-	metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"client", "rpc"}, 1)
 	if !c.rpcLimiter.Load().(*rate.Limiter).Allow() {
 		metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"client", "rpc", "exceeded"}, 1)
 		return structs.ErrRPCRateExceeded